• How do startups actually get their content marketing to work?

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    In April 16, 2019
    [Editor’s note: this is a free example of a series of articles we’re publishing by top experts who have cutting-edge startup advice to offer, over on Extra Crunch. Get...
  • User-generated content marketing platform Yotpo closes $51M Series D round

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    In November 9, 2017
    Yotpo, a platform that lets companies gather content from their customers in the form of reviews, Q&As, photos and videos, mainly for use in marketing, has closed $51 million...
  • ‘Star Trek’ icon LeVar Burton isn’t done with podcasting just yet

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    In September 12, 2017
    The LeVar Burton Reads podcast will get second season, and perhaps many more.Image: John Salangsang/Variety/REX/Shutterstock LeVar Burton just can’t stop reading. The former Star Trek and Roots star just...
  • Art19 gets $7.5 million in funding to build out its podcasting platform

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    In August 24, 2017
    Even in many podcasting circles, Art19 isn’t exactly a household name. The startup has largely operated behind the scenes, without much in the way of active promotion. Even so,...
  • Personal Audio loses its appeal for podcasting patent

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    In August 8, 2017
    A year after taking up the case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its challenge against...
  • Ladies who podcast: Meet the new crop of podcasting hosts

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    In July 14, 2017
    If youre a fan of socially minded, funny, female-helmed podcasting, your late 2015 is about to pop off in a major way. Tuesday morning, Lena Dunham announced on Instagramthat...
  • Welcome to Night Vale to launch new sci-fi series and podcasting network

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    In July 13, 2017
    The creators of Alice Isn’t Dead Alice Isn’t Deadhails fromNight ValecreatorsJoseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor and features music byNight Valecomposer Disparition. The podcast willairan initial season of 10 bi-weekly...
  • Ambitious 5-year-old divides his time between podcasting and kindergarten

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    In July 12, 2017
    If The Show about Science is not already on your podcast subscription list, it absolutely should be. Big-name guests like Anna Rothschild and Joe Hanson of PBS Digital Studios...
  • How a pair of San Francisco Giants fans found love through podcasting and Twitter

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    In July 11, 2017
    June 1, 2012: A Giants game of historic proportion. Image: Daniel zarchy Not long after graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 2009, Daniel Zarchy found himself talking frequently with...
  • Founders of podcasting platform Acast share what should change about podcasts

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    In July 10, 2017
    In the United States, 57 million people listen to podcasts regularly. Image: Getty Images Are podcasts just having a moment? Almost two years ago, the true crime podcast Serial...
  • Basketballs Newest Authority Isnt Sitting CourtsideHes Podcasting

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    In July 9, 2017
    The NBAs collective bargaining ruleswhich mainly govern contracts for players and team-building protocolsare messy and complicated, even for some league staffers. So when they needed extra lessons on the...
  • Donna Edwards Was Democrats’ Rising Star. Now Shes Podcasting From An RV.

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    In July 7, 2017
    WASHINGTON Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) welcomed a reporter into her apartment, which overlooks the Potomac River in Marylands Prince Georges County, on a warm winter morning. I have...